-
John Costi, Found Football Difficult, 2023. Installation photography by Jo Underhill
Talk
Artists John Costi and Mark Leckey in conversation
13 May 2023
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
£6.00 / £4.00 MEMBER / £4.00 CONCESSION
Address
- 65 Peckham Road
- London
- SE5 8UH
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 36, 436
- Oval, Vauxhall Underground Stations
- Peckham Rye, Denmark Hill Overground Stations
Join artists John Costi and Mark Leckey for a live conversation at the SLG.
They will discuss John Costi’s exhibition, Found Football Difficult and the shared themes that run through their practices.
About
ABOUT JOHN COSTI
John Costi (b.1987) is an artist whose work draws on his Cypriot and Irish heritage, and experience of growing up in London. He creates sculptures, installations, paintings and performance. Often improvised and informed by chance, the work lives in the social sphere. He is interested in dismantling hierarchies of art experience, turning passive audiences into active participants. Costi graduate from Central St Martins MA Fine Art in 2022.
Recent exhibitions include; Tiger Milk, Krabbesholm Højskole, Denmark; Trash Money, Light Eye Mind, London; and performances at V22, London and Tate Modern, London.
Two Temple Place residency: Forthcoming exhibition Inside at Two Temple Place, 28th January 2023 – 26th February 2023.
ABOUT MARK LECKEY
Mark Leckey (born 1964, Birkenhead), is a contemporary artist working with a variety of media including film, sound, sculpture and performance. His work explores the relationship between popular culture and technology and explores the subjects of anxiety, class and nostalgia. In 2008 he won the Turner Prize for his exhibition Industrial Light and Magic and has had recent solo exhibitions at Tate Britain (London), MOMA PS1 (New York) and CABINET Gallery (London).
ACCESS
- Wheelchair Access and Disabled Toilets are available at this site.
- This event is seated.
- Please contact mail@southlondongallery.org with access requirements.
